Mention your continued pursuit to reduce latency in your app and you will be the first to get an interview.

 

What is considered Tier 1 competitive?

 

Good gpa
College didn’t take forever
Flying experience is robust
No training failures
No FAA actions

Pretty much what you’d expect. Always exceptions to everything and if the secret was known, it would be all over this forum.

 

I heard that tier 1 is split into two categories. Tier 1A would be military with masters Tier 1B would be civilian with degree (masters adds more points) and being a check airman / chief pilot . How true that is idk

 

Not true at all.

 

When your app is scored by an actual individual, they give you what's basically a motivational score. So it's kind of subjective, the most points would be the least amount of time to meet Delta qualifications, with a decent GPA from one of the big aviation universities.

 

So those of us who took a little longer to finish school and had a less than stellar GPA because we worked 2 jobs are undesirable. Looks like hard work and dedication don't cut it as well as silver spoons at DAL.

 

First it’s hand scored so if you are able to positively articulate what the situation was you will be scored appropriately.

If a woe is me attitude/chip on shoulder is articulated you will be scored appropriately for that as well.

You have to paint a picture for the application reviewer to want to score your application high enough that they feel you should be hired and the interview is but a formality.

 

No woe is me at all. I consider myself fortunate and an example of the great opportunities in this country and living proof of the "hard work pays off" mantra. What I have issue with is that the odds of even getting to interview are lowered significantly by this silly type of criteria as it is on the DAL application process before I even get a chance to meet with them.
My 6 type ratings, 2 airlines (now defunct) and flight experiences as well as great CS skills may never matter because my GPA and college path knock me into a low-tier applicant. All they'll see is a GPA, current employment as a 135/91K pilot, and that's it....back of the bus. Sorry, as much as I love DAL and am still chasing a childhood dream to work for them, its a dumb way to select pilots. As a Delta FO told me at the airport a few weeks ago "...sorry to pop your bubble but we don't like business jet pilots". Fine. I'll keep trying but I'm not going to get my hopes too high. How is one supposed to paint a picture of the "real you" on a form that has pretty much nothing but yes/no boxes and numbers-only data fields? Its a dumb way to do things and they are missing out on some fine pilots who could well represent the Delta brand, all over a stupid process like that.

 

Maybe you are right and DAL doesn’t like corporate pilots. All I know is that I’ve see two guys with similar backgrounds whose applications painted vastly different pictures. While the majority of the application is numbers and radio buttons every job has description and duties blocks. That is where you can stand out from the crowd good or bad.

But hey I’m just some guy trying to help that has absolutely no inside knowledge that isn’t anecdotal.